Family Literacy Day :: FREE Screening of Taare Zameen Par
Come celebrate Family Literacy Day on Sunday, February 26 from 2pm to 6pm at the Living Arts Centre's RBC Theatre in Mississauga.
This year, World Literacy Canada will host a free screening of Taare Zameen Par, by Bollywood sensation Aamir Khan. The film explores the life and imagination of eight-year-old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary). Although he excels in art, his poor academic performance leads his parents to send him to a boarding school. Ishaan's new art teacher (Aamir Khan) suspects that he is dyslexic, and helps him to overcome his disability.
The film made its theatrical debut in India on 21 December 2007, and UTV Home Entertainment released a DVD for Indian audiences in 2008. Less than two years later Walt Disney Home Entertainment released an international edition DVD titled Like Stars on Earth, marking the first purchase of distribution rights for an Indian film by a global company.
Taare Zameen Par has received several awards, including the Filmfare Best Film Award for 2008 and the 2008 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. It was India's official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards Best Foreign Film.
Admission to this event is FREE and includes storytelling, writing contest and snacks.
EMAIL WLC today to reserve your seats. Click HERE for more information on this event.
About WLC
World Literacy Canada (WLC) is a small, registered charitable organization that uses literacy to fight poverty and advance the cause of social justice, especially for women and children. We support and deliver a range of community-based education projects in Canada, India, and Nepal.
With 56 years experience successfully delivering literacy education, we believe that illiteracy is both a cause and consequence of poverty. We see literacy as an essential element in the struggle for equality. Literacy is about much more than just reading and writing – it is about access to jobs, the market, and how we participate in an increasingly interconnected world.
Literacy enables a person to exercise his or her right to participate in governance, to affect decision-making, and to make one’s voice heard. Literacy gives a person confidence that his or her opinions and contribution matter. This is the essence of democracy, and literacy is a central vehicle for achieving this goal.
The common thread in all our work is empowerment – fostering literacy skills among women and children that will enhance their standard of living, enabling them to live with greater independence and dignity.
We are very focused in our approach to tackling poverty, and that focus comes from direct consultations with the communities where we work. Our first action is to encourage the formation of a mahila mandal (women’s group) that acts as and advisory council and decision-making body on our projects. These groups often take on a life of their own, becoming centres of community leadership and empowerment. As well, we are focused on providing quality education through our nine locally-based partner agencies in India and Nepal.
As a modest non-profit organization, our small staff in Toronto and our team in Varanasi have learned how to effectively deliver first-rate programs that make life better for the thousands of individuals and families we reach. Those visiting our South Asian programs from overseas invariably comment on the efficiency with which we use funds raised from our individual and corporate donors, as well as grants received from public-sector funding agencies.
Click HERE for more information on WLC.
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